Mop-wringing attachment for pails



(No Model.)

P. TRIMBLE. T MOP WRINGING ATTACHMENT PoR PAILS. No. 605,362.

Patented June, '7, 1898.,

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'attachment applied to the pail, a portion of a segmental body 10,whichis preferably made,ll`

`pail C to which the attachment is to be apramon,

, rRANKmnIMnLE, ou eREENsBURe, INDIANA;

MOP-WRINGING ATTACHMENT FOR PAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application lecl February 3, 1898.

To @ZZ whom t may concern; v

Be it known that I, FRANKTRIMBLE, of Greensburg, in the county ofDecatur and State of Indiana, have invented a new and ImprovedMop-Vringing Attachment for Pails, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is tovprovide a device readily attachable toany pail and through the medium of which a mop may be wrung in aconvenient and expeditious manner without necessitating the hands of theoperator coming in contact With the contentsV of the pail and wherebythe mop `may be readily placed in position to be wrung or removed fromthe pail, as desired.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.`

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of referenceindicatecorresponding parts in all the ligures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the pail and the the attachment being insection. l Fig. 2 is a section through the pail and attachment, taken onthe line'2 2 of Fig. 1;A and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the locking endof the fixed portion of the attachment. f

A The attachment in its entirety is designated as A and is constructedpractically in two partsa fixed section a and a movable section c. Eachsection is semicircular, the two sections when brought together being ofcircular shape. The fixed section a comprises` flat and from whicharms11 are carried, the, arms 11 being of such length that they may. extendbeyond or over the upper edge of the plied. Each arm 11 is providedatits outer end with a clamp B. These clamps, as shown in the drawings,,preferably consist of a top plate 12 and opposing yjaws 13, whichextend, downwardly from the top plate, being adapted to engage with theinner and the outer faces of the staves of the pail to which theattach-. ment is `to be applied. The clamps are secured upon the arms 11by means of bindingrasant No. 605,362, dated June 7, 189e.

Serial No. 668,922. (llo model.)

screws 14, and usually set-screws 15 are passed through the outer jaws13 to an engagement with the outer surface of the pail, as shown in Fig.2; but, as above stated, the two jaws 13` of the various clamps may be.brought into actual engagement with the in- `nerand the outer faces ofthe staves of the pail. The set-screws 15 are employed in order that theattachment may be made to pails having either thick or Vthin staves.

The bodyportion 10 of the member a of the attachment is provided withinwardly-extending arms 161?, which arms carry or support awire16 or itsequivalent, upon which wire 16 rollers 1G are mounted to turn, sundry ofthe said rollers being located in the arms 11, as shown in Fig. 1. Thesection a' of the attachment consists also, preferably, of a segmentalbody-plate 17, from which inwardly-extending brackets 17 are projected,the said brackets carrying a wire 17b or its equivalent, upon whichrollers 1S are mounted to turn. When the two sections of the attachmentare brought together, a circular opening is formed between the rollers1G and.

18, through which opening the mop being used is to be drawn for thepurpose of pressing the water from it. The section a is pivotallyattached to the arm 11 of the fixed section a, and at one end of the:section a a handle 19 is secured, an arm`11"of the opposing sectionabeing usually located at the end of the section against which thesection a is adapted to contact. The pivot-pin connecting the twosections is designated as 2O and is clearly shown in Fig. 1. Rollers18-are also mounted in the inner end of the handle L19. and in a bracketat the end of the section Vafnext the arm 11 in which the pivot 20 islocated.

At the free end of the body portion of the pivoted member a', in thatportion of said memberwhich extends beyond the handle 19, a recess 21 ismade, the recess being in the outer edge of the said body portion 17, asshown in dotted lines'in Figs.r 2 and 3. The

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through the medium of a lever 23, which is pivoted on the supporting-arm1l of the section a near the end where the pivoted section a abuts, thesaid lever 23 being provided with a downwardly extending finger or lug24, which enters the recesses 21 and 22 of the two sections when thebody portions of these two sections in which the recesses are made arecarried one over the other, as shown in Fig. 2.

In the operation of the attachment when a mop is to be used the pivotedsection a is unlocked from the xed section a. The mop is then placed inthe bucket or pail, the head ofthe mop being within the space bounded bythe rollers of the two sections of the attachment. rlhe sections of theattachment are then locked together and the mop is drawn out from thepail through the central opening of the attachment in contact with therollers 1G and 18, whereupon the liquid absorbed by the mop will bepressed out; but if it is desired to release the mop quickly at any timethe pivoted section is unlocked from the ixed section ot'- theattachment, and the mop may then be readily withdrawn from the pail-as,for example, when the mop is no longer required forvcleaning purposesbut at all times when the mop is placed in the pail it is neces- 7 sarythat the pivoted section of the attachment should be separated orcarried away from the fixed section.

In order that the pail may be held in a fixed position while the mop isbeing drawn through the wringing attachment for the pail, feet 25areattached to said pail, extending horizontally therefrom at thebottom, upon which feet of the pail the feet of the operator may restwhile the mop is being manipulated in the pail, thus holding said pailfirmly on the support upon which it rests-as,for example,upon the tloor.

Having thus described 1ny invention, l

claini as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Y Y l. A mop-wringiug attachment for pails, comprising a section arranged forattachment to a pail, and a pivotal section, both sections beingprovided with rollers at their inner edges, and means for locking` thetwo sections together, for the purpose specified.

2. A mop-wringing attachment for pails and like receptacles, consistingof pivotallyconnected semicircular sections, a locking device for thetwo sections, rollers located at the inner edges `of the sections, andarms projected from one of the sections, provided with clamps, for thepurpose specied.

3. A mop-wringing attachment for pails and like vessels, consisting oftwo segmental pivotally-connected sections, both sections being providedat their inner edges with rollers, one section having arms projectedtherefrom and clamps attached to the said arms, the other section beingprovided with a handle whereby it may be readily opened from theopposing section, for the purpose specified.

1; A mop-wringing attachment for pails and like receptacles, consistingof pivotallyconnected segmental sections, rollers held to revolve at theinner edges of the said sections, arms projected from one of the saidsections, clamps adjustable upon said arms, a handle proj eeted from theopposing section, each scction being provided with recesses adapted toregister, and-a lock-lever pivoted upon one section and provided with amember arranged to enter the recesses of the two sections when saidrecesses are brought in registry, as spccilied.

FRANK TRIMBLE.

lVitn esses:

ZACHARIAH T. StrnvENs, HARRY C. SANDUSKY.

